Ash receiver



Feb. 12, 1929. 1,701,496

c. ELLIS AsH RECEIVER Filed July 25, 1927 f 4 5 izg'fllllllllm 3 Patented Feb. 2, 1929.

CLAUDE ELLIS, or srRINGvILnnnEwomg Ass ononoFoNE-HALF T CLAYTON J. 'V'ELLIS, or srn'rNGvILL'E, NEW You.

I ASH RECEI ER.

\ Application filed July 25, 1927. Serial No. 208.157.

This invention relates to ash, jreceivers, and particularly to receivers designed for 1nd1v1d-' ual use. Heretofore, it has not always been Convenient to have an ash; receiver close at hand into which ashes from cigarettes and the like can be deposited-at intervals While smoking. This is particularly true when sitting in chairs'about a room at points not convenient to tables on which the usual ash trays are supported. Consequently, it has been necessary for-a smoker to arise at frequent lntervals and travel to a table or support i-vhere an ash tray may be mounted, and deposit ashes from a cigar or cigarette. 7 An object of the invention s to generally improve and simplify ash receivers ot the "individual type. i

A furtherobject of this invention is to provide an improved-individual ashtray or re} ceiver which may always'be conven ently a'ccessible, regardless of Whether a'person is seated at any point or moving aroundywith which the ashes may be deposited Whenever desired While a cigarette or cigar is being smoked, without material effort or attention by the. smoker, and Which will be relatively simple, inconspicuous and inexpensive.

A still furtherobject of the invention is to" I provide animproved individual ash receiver which may be attached toandsupported by a digit of ones hand. and While so -supported positioned to receive ashes from a cigar orcigarette held vin-the same hand by simple movements oft-he digits of the hand, and

whichwvill he comfortableito-theisinolcer, easily attached to or-remoVed irom a digit oi the hand and inconspicuous. h

. Another ob ect is to provide an: improved receiver of this type with which likelihood q therefrom oliashes thatmay be deposited illQE'QlHWlll be reduced toa miniof spilling mum, and With which the deposit 'of'ashes therein will be facilitated. I

} Various other objects and advantagesjwill be apparent from the follovvingdescription of an embodiment of the invention-,fand the novel features will be particularly pointed out hereinafter" in connection'withjthe ap pended claims- 1 In the accompanying drawings:

'Fig. 1 is aside elevation, partly in se'ctionp of an lIlCllVlClLlfil" ash receiver cons tw d n accordance with the mvention. --F 1g.,2 1s 'a'planof the same;

."Fig; 3 is a perspective illustrating'the manner in which such an individual ash receiver maybe attached to a finger of a smokers hand and the ashesfrom, ajcigarette held in the same hand deposited therein by manipulation of the lingersalsoaconstructed in accordance with the in vention, and illustrating another embodiment of the invention. I r p} h Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of still another embodiment, of the invention. Fig. 6"is'a plan of the same. the invention.

Fig. 8 is a plan of Fig.7 is aside elevation of another form of v the same. ii i: Fig. 9 1s a sectionalelevation of the same, With the, section taken approximately along the line'99, Fig. 8.

' Fig. 10- is a side elevationof stillanotlier embodiment of-t-he invention. I i

Fig. 11 1s a sectional elevation of the same,

With the section taken approximately along "the/line 11-11, Fig; 10.

Fig; 12 is a side elevation of a further embodiment of the invention. i

F ig. 13 is a sectional elevation of'the same, with the section taken approximately along the line 1313, of Fig. 12. i i

tion of the same, with the section taken approximate along the line 'l, l'-14o'li.l*ig. 13.

Fig. 10' bodnnent of the invention.

F'g..14 's a longitudinal, sectional elevais'a perspective of still another em Referring first to Figsl and 3, theiindivid ash rece ver therein illustrated includes 'a- .0111), box or 'containerl of. any desired shape.

or size and providedwilh an open face or top.

The bottom of this cupmaybe connected by astrip 2 of metal orthe liketo t'a'ching member "'3 of a size to receive and grip a clip or at 7 the finger ofaperson, jpreferably the ungual 7 or terminal phalanx'of one of the digits 01f ones hand. The position of such digit in the] clipor attaching'meifnber is shown by th'e'dotted lines. of. Fig. 2, andin perspective in FiQB. I

'lhe clip or member 3 may'be'ofany suitable or desired construction, the particular formillustratedin these figuresbeing of skeleton formation ands'omewhat. U-shaped in cross section with the-base ofithe U-connected to or forming a part of; thest'ripQ thatleads to the ash receiving" aThei:interim "of" the (so Fig. a is an elevation of another receiver 'clip or member 3 is preferably tapered or convergent edgewise and toward the box or cup 1, so as tolit the end of ones finger very much in the mannerot a thimble, except that the clip may yield or expand to some extent when moved over a finger tip and thus also yieldingly grip the finger tip. The cup is disposed in, proximity to and preferably in approximate axial alinement with the portion of the finger to which the clip may be attached, that is, with the axis ot the opening or" the clip 3, so that the clip 3, the strip 2 ant the cup 1 will form a mechanical continuation of the linger to which it may be attached, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

To facilitate the disengagement otashes from the burning end of a cigarette,a rod or bar t may be provided to extend across the open face of the cup or bQZ-I 1, and it the burning end of the cigarette is brushed over this bar, the ashes will fall directly intothe interior of the cup without danger of any falling outside of the cup. The open face 01 the cup or box 1 may also be partially closed by an annular ring 5 having an outer peripheral flange 6 which fits over or inside the open end of the box or cup in the manner of a cover, with the ring extending over the open "face of the box or cup. The ring 5 may be inclined downwardly and inwardly into the cup, so as to guide into the cup any ashes which may fall upon or be deposited upon it, and the ring acts as a flange or lip around the open edge of the cup and serves to prevent spilling ot' the ashes as the cup is moved about with the hand to which it is attached. During sudden movements or the finger of hand to which the cup is attached, the ashes contained in the cup will tend to slide along the bottom and sides of the cup and might be tl'irown out of the cup by such sudden movements were it not for the flange or ring which extends from the wall of thecup at the open er'lge over the cavity of the'cup to some extent and acts a barrier. The bar 4 and the link 5 may conveniently becombined in a single structure, if desired, by forming the bar as a part of the ring, in which case the bar extends across between opposite points of the inner periphery of the ring, as shown clearly in 2 and 3. Thus, the ring and bar may be made integral as a single stamping and formed by suitable dies into the shape or configuration illustrated or desired. r p

The clip or attaching member 3 may be attached to one of the fingers or" a smokerls hand, such as to either otthe last two fingers of ones hand, and preferably to the little finger of the hand. Usually the receiver is more conveniently positioned when attached to the outer tip or phalanx of the finger as shownin Fig, 3, in whieh c'ase the receiver will bedisposed ust at the end of that linger. During thee-use of such an ash receiver, 21-

so held, the finger carrylng the receiver may be bent inwardly into the position shown 1n 3, the cigarette then tipped downwardly into the open. end thereof, and against the bar 4 or ring 5 it they are provided, as also shown in 3, and the bent linger then straightened out or moved laterally by idening it, which movement causes a cutting oil or removal of the ashes from the cigarette, such a les fallin into the cup .ot the receiver.

ln Big. 4'. another embodiment of the in vention is illustrated, the cup, bar {l and ring 5 being of the type shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The clip 3 of Figs. 1 to 3 is replaced by a tapered shell somewhat resembling a thimble which fits over and'may be wedged-upon the end of the finger to'which the receiver is to be secured in the same manner that a thimble is secured to ones finger. The strip 2 in such a case may be bent angularly, as shown in Fig. at and secured'to the end of this shell. It may be necessary to provide varying sizes in order to lit fingers of different sizes, but the clip form of thimb'le disclosed in Figs. 1' to 3 will {it a considerably larger range of fingers o1 differentsizes. V

In 5 and 6 still another form of the invention is illustrated, the cup 1, being shown as inthe form of a goblet with a shell 8 sin'mlating somewhat a gloved or mail clad handgrasping the gobletbetween fingers to support it. The shell 8. has a tapered, thimble-lilre cavity 9 for receiving the tip endott ones lingers, as in Fig. l. This goblet is open at its top, and maybe provided with a ring 5, or bar 4, or both, the same as for the cup oi Figs. 1 to 4:. i ln .7 to 9 thereceivcr may include a cylindrical shell'or tubular member 10. @no end of theshell maybe closed bya disk-like plug ll, which may be trictiona ly held in that end of the shell and limited in its inward movement by a. plurality of slight inward lndentations 12. Midway of its ends, the shell may mount an internal dislelike blug 13, p

end of this shell or member 1O acting-some.- what as a spring clip and somewhat as a' thimble in its manner of attachment to ones' finger. The slotted end of the shell or meme shells 7 01"" her 10 mayalso, and preferably is, made outwardly dlvergent to some extent to increase the sides of this opening may be turned downwardly and inwardly to form bars or flanges 17 (Figs. 8 and 9) which serve to assist'the removal of the ashes from a cigarette the 4 scri ed in connection with Figs. 1 to 6.

' .same as the bar-4 and the ring 5 of Figs. 1 to 6, these flanges also acting somewhat likethe' rm 5 in preventing unintentlonal discharge 7 of the ashes therefrom by the movements of the finger or hand to which it is attached.

Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate a receiv'ei very similar to that shown in Figs. -7 to 9, With the exception that the slotted end for re-- ceiv'lng the finger tip may be made shorter and fitted over a thimble or similar shell 18 which is in turn mounted or secured toones finger. 'lVith'suchan arrangement, thimble like shells 18 may be provided of different L sizes for use with each standard size of cu or member. s

F igs. 12 to 14; illustrate still another form or the receiver, somewhat similar to Figs. 7

to 11, with the exception that one of the tongues 19 formed by tlieslot is hinged to the body of the shell by a simple hinge20,

' grip thetip of ones finger to which it is at- In such a construction, the spring,

tached. 21, for example, may be a coil spring pro-i vided in the center of the hinge with its free end compressed between a tail portion 22 on the tongue 19, which extends beyond the hinge and the lower wall of the shell orreceiver 10. In such an instance, one member 23 of the hinge to which the tongue 19 is connected may be secured to the end plug or disk 13 of the receiver in any suitable manner, such as by solder or rivets or both.

Obviously, the receiver may be made in 7 various artistic forms in addition to those illustrated in Figs. 1 to 14 and may be made to resemble various familiar articles of art. For example, in Fig. 15 the cup portion 24 of the receiver is constructed in the form of a philosophers lamp with the thimble shell 25 forming the handle thereof and enabling it to be mounted upon the tip end of ones finger, the same as with the other forms of the receiver. Thethimble shell 25 may have thereon a scroll 26 representing pictorla lly'a handle for the philosophers lamp, whereby V the artistic effect will be very greatly ins creased. This lamp may or maynot have the ringO 5 or cross bar 4, or both, such as de- The receivers of Figs. 5 to 15 may be manipulated or used in the mann'er'described for the receiver illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3. 7

It will be understood that various. changes the nature of the invention, may be made by,

those skilled in the art within the principle 1. An'individual ash receiver having a socket section formed to fit and be mounted ones hand, and an ash receiving section connected to said socket section and extending therefrom in the direction in which that fin.-

ger points," so asto position the ash receiving section adjacent to and beyond the end of that finger. V e p 2. An individual ash receiver comprising a tapered socket to receive and fit over the tip end of 'afinger of ones hand, and an ash receptacle connected to said socketand extending therefrom in the direction inv which that finger points, so as to constitute a mechanical, approximately straight outfexten sion, of thatfinger. Y 7

-An individual ash receiver comprising a socket to receive and fit over'the tip endof a finger of ones hand, the socket being formed ofresilient material, and split in a longitudinal direction to lit-resiliently fingers of differentsizes, and anash receptacle connected in, the details, which have been hereindef scribedv and 1llustratcd in order to explain on and carried by the tip end of a finger of 5 to said, socket and extending therefrom in the direction in which points the finger on which the socket is mounted.

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